# Realm of Thrones (Game of Thrones)

Realm of Thrones (ROT) turns Bannerlord into Westeros and Essos around the War of the Five Kings: the great houses, hundreds of characters, and the Free Folk north of the Wall.

## Links

- [ROT on Nexus Mods](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2907) (public release and the install guide)
- [ROT on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/u22327201) (newer builds, including the War Sails version)
- [ROT Discord](https://discord.gg/MGUZVyhubF)
- [Slop Studios](https://www.patreon.com/cw/SlopStudios): a set of add-on mods tuned for ROT

## Install

1. **Delete every old ROT folder** from `Modules` first. The ROT team says leftover files will crash the game.
2. Set the game version the ROT page lists for your build (Steam, **Properties > Betas**). Public and Patreon builds can target different versions.
3. Unzip with [7-Zip](https://www.7-zip.org/) and check it finished with no errors.
4. Drag the ROT modules from the zip's `Modules` folder into your game's `Modules` folder.
5. Install [Harmony](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2006), [UIExtenderEx](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2102) and [MCM](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/612) (plus [ButterLib](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/2018), which MCM needs).
6. Unblock the DLLs (see [Start Here](https://www.classified.llc/modding/bannerlord/bannerlord-start-here)).
7. In the launcher, put Harmony and the other library mods above the official modules. The ROT modules sort themselves below them. Any other mods you sort by hand.

## Keep a rollback copy

ROT updates are big, and a new version can break your add-ons. Keep the zip of the version that works for you. If you're on the Patreon build, download the matching version again before you delete an old one.

## With AI Influence

[AI Influence](https://www.nexusmods.com/mountandblade2bannerlord/mods/9711) works well with ROT. The community has a Realm of Thrones context pack, so ask in the [AI Influence Discord](https://discord.gg/692hQj3rvq). Two rules:

- **Turn off ROT's scripted wars and events** in its settings. Otherwise ROT and AI Influence both try to run diplomacy and fight for control.
- See [AI Influence context packs](https://www.classified.llc/modding/bannerlord/ai-influence-context-packs) for how its files work.

## Known crashes

- **Crash right after closing the loot screen**, following a fight with the White Walker bosses in hideouts. The crash happens in ROT's own end-of-battle code. It showed up when an AI Influence NPC was travelling with the party ("follow me"). Workaround: dismiss followers before those fights, and save before you enter.
- **"Shader cache version of the external module (ROT-Content) is invalid"** in the log is only a warning. The game rebuilds the cache, so it's not your crash.

## Don't mix

ROT is a total conversion. Don't tick it with [TAOM](https://www.classified.llc/modding/bannerlord/lotr-tales-from-the-age-of-men) or [Empires of Europe](https://www.classified.llc/modding/bannerlord/empires-of-europe-1100). You can keep all three installed and switch between them, see [Two campaigns, one install](https://www.classified.llc/modding/bannerlord/two-campaigns-one-install).